spic-and-span

ADJECTIVE

spick-and-span

Synonyms

STRONGEST

clean clean and tidy

STRONG

gleaming immaculate polished shining spotless

WEAK

brand spanking new cleaned cleaned up fresh fussy hygienic neat pure sanitary shipshape spruce tidy unsoiled unstained untarnished very clean

Example Sentences

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But not everyone appreciated the tastefully spic-and-span aesthetic.

From New York Times • May 8, 2023

You can see how watching Marie Kondo transform a house from disaster to spic-and-span might instill feelings of relief in those of us who suffer from ataxophobica.

From Salon • Nov. 30, 2021

In The Embarrassment of Riches Simon Schama writes of the spic-and-span Dutch towns and interiors that "shone from hours of tireless sweeping, scrubbing, scraping, burnishing, mopping, rubbing and washing".

From The Guardian • Mar. 18, 2011

The frontline FOB where I landed and its soldiers, by contrast, are spic-and-span.

From Salon • Aug. 2, 2010

Like I said, it had never been a spic-and-span house.

From "Cold Sassy Tree" by Olive Ann Burns